Your Contact Details

Title *

Other

Firstname *

Surname *

Email Address

Address *

Town *

County *

Postcode *

Home Telephone

Mobile Number

Primary No *

What is the best time to contact you?

Can you confirm that you are over 18 years of age? *

Are you able to provide your own transport to and from the centre (public transport won't be considered suitable)? *

Can you confirm that you and no other member of your household, has an unspent conviction for offences relating to animals. *

Yes - I can confirm no members of the home have a current or previous conviction relating to animals
No - I am unable to confirm this.

A bit about your interest in Fostering a Dog

Are you enquiring about a specific foster dog? *

If yes, please list the name of the foster dog(s):

Tell us why are you interested in fostering a dog through CDCH and what you are hoping to get out of the experience? *

As a centre, when looking to place an animal in foster, we prioritise those in most need of a home environment, therefore, ask all foster carers to remain open minded when it comes to breed and type of dog (although we will always match you appropriately).

Are you prepared to remain open minded about the type of dog you will foster? *

Have you read through all the information about fostering a dog through CDCH, provided on our website? *

Do you have any experience of keeping/ caring for dogs? Please detail:

Please tick which types of foster dogs you would be interested in taking on: *

Would you be happy fostering a dog with medical need e.g. recovering from an injury or operation? *

Would you be happy fostering a dog with behavioural needs e.g. help with house training, separation anxiety? *

It is hard for us to guarantee an exact length of time a dog may need to be in foster for, but please let us know what you would consider: *

Are you available to foster with immediate effect? *

Please detail your availability:

Are you on holidays or moving house in the next 3 or 6 months (depending on length of foster)? *

If yes, please give details (leave and return dates/ expected move date)

What we will need to consider

Is it important for the dog to be sociable with other dogs? *

Will you need the dog to have regular contact with children (under 18 years of age)? *

Is it important for the dog to be good with strangers/visitors to the home? *

Is it important that they travel well in a vehicle? *

Is it important the dog is already toilet trained? *

Now a little about your home

What type of property do you live in? *

Do you own or rent your property? *

Own
Rent

If renting - do you have permission from your landlord to house animals?

Please note: We will ask for written proof of landlord permission, therefore recommend you having this to hand prior to being contacted. This can be in the form of a letter, tenancy agreement or an email from your landlord agreeing to you housing animals. Some new requests for permission can take up to 28 days to process, meaning we will not be able proceed with your application.

Do you have a garden? *

Is the garden secure from escape?

Please provide details of the boundary and provisions you have in place to prevent escape, including heights.

Please briefly describe a typical day in your household and how a dog might fit into it? *

A little about your family...

How many adults live in your home? *

How many children are at home? (Under 18 years) *

Please detail the ages of your children

Are there visiting children? *

Please detail the ages of any visiting children, and how often they visit

Do any members of your household suffer from any animal related allergies or asthma? *

How long do you expect to leave the dog alone on a regular basis?

How much exercise will you be able to give a dog on a typical weekday? *

How much exercise will you be able to give a dog on a typical weekend day? *

A little about your other animals...

Do you have other dogs? *

If yes, please state gender?

Are they neutered?

Are they vaccinated?

Do you own other animals? If yes, please detail

Do you have visiting animals? If so, please detail...

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself / fostering?

Where did you hear about us?

Other

References

In order to become a foster carer with CDCH, we will require you to provide the details of two people (un-related to you), who would be happy to be contacted and give a personal reference on your behalf. Please note, we will not make contact with anyone prior to a conversation with yourself about your application to foster and the information provided will not be used for any other purpose. If you are unable to provide this information now, then we will request it at the next stage.

Reference 1 Name:

How do you know this person?

If other:

Contact email address or number:

Reference 2 Name:

How do you know this person?

If other:

Contact email address or number:

Confirmation

Signature

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All personal information supplied by you on this application form will be processed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals whose privacy policy is available and published at: www.rspca.org.uk/privacy or on request by calling Supporter Services on 0300 123 0346. This applies whether the information is supplied directly to the national RSPCA (charity 219099), as data controller, or is shared with us by an RSPCA Branch (a separately registered charity) as a joint data controller. The term "RSPCA" will refer to both data controllers.

Fostering Form for Dogs